Some fucking dork asked me to make a stupid questions thread here.
Stupid Questions thread, ask your stupid questions here
>>54861150
Why is OP a gigantic faggot?
>>54861168
That's as good of a question as why are all tripfags fucking retards?
>>54861168
Some people think its a choice while other people think its a mental illness.
I personally think its a lifestyle
Why is the sky blue?
Is real life the matrix?
Why does [spoiler]ps3 have no games [/spoiler]
What's the secret to happiness?
Is there a program to create a random file full of crap of a specified size?
okay explain this shit, how is two 480s running at 50% better than one 480 running at 100%?
why did they cap it at 50%? why not just get crossfire to run at 100% and absolutely wreck the 1080? protip; something fishy is going on
>>54861250
>why not just get crossfire to run at 100% and absolutely wreck the 1080?
because it wouldnt
>>54861279
well logically the frame rate would fucking double, right? there's no way amd would miss the chance to point this out if it did happen
>>54861250
That's not how Slave and Master systems work.
>>54861319
well I don't know about this shit but doesn't the GPUs draw every other frame, the CPU still managing it all and telling the GPUs what to do
not two cards combined to draw the same frame
I've been running memtest86 for over 10 hours. The only time the test fails is when I run my cpu in parallel (8 cores). Cores 1-7 will fail and will cause over 5 million errors from test 3 within 10 seconds causing my pc to turn off and restart. I tried one stick of ram each time. Same thing. I run specific cores 1-7 and they all fail. Running just core 0 leaves me with no problems. What should I do?
I did this test because I had restarts in 3d applications like CSGO or Overwatch. I tried to limit my framerates at 60 and it helped for one day but the next day I still had the problem.
>>54861365
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master/slave_(technology)
>>54861410
that's what I looked up before posting a reply, read the first few lines and didn't understand how the fuck it applies to GPUs
>>54861454
One GPU renders half of a frame while the other renders the other half, the Slave sends its work to the Master to have it combined then displayed.
>>54861150
Would the answer to this question be the same as the answer to a question you would be unlikely to answer?
>>54861498
Suck my dick
>>54861370
Are you overclocked? If so, remove OC and retest.
>>54861203
>Tiocfaidh ár lá
Your lá has come and gone, your island and that of your oppressors are stains on the map of Europe. Please, sink into the sea you inbred islanders.
>>54861493
last time I looked this shit up it worked by syncing the cards so that one card is always rendering the next frame
>>54861527
>stains on the map of Europe
Greece, Germany and Sweden must be fucking shit smears in comparison
>>54861522
I am not OCed. I have OCed in the past but for the past month I haven't been OCed.
is there any way to remove very light scratches from a retina macbook pro display? my magsafe charger nicked the corner of the bezel and my autism is raging because of it
>>54861710
This works on any display, rub some vaseline/lip balm/coconut oil into the scratch, then wipe the excess away from the outer edge of the screen
>>54861604
You'd think so but no, the Democratic Peoples Republic of Ireland is worse. We're talking about a country that couldn't get electricity to the people until the late 50s. Water remains way below EU standards in huge portions of the country. Condoms were impossible to get a hold of until the 90s. Hell, every single idea their government has seems to have been gotten by looking at what the UK did horribly wrong and saying "Hey, we can do that too!" and then tremendously fucking it up. For all their bullshit nationalism they're just a shitty clone of Britain, which is a terrible enough place to begin with. Less than ten percent of them even speak their own language and that's despite everyone learning it from age FIVE and on.
>>54861656
Reset CMOS.
>>54861735
i heard about doing that, i was a little concerned with with protective coating used on top of the glass coming off if i scrub too firmly, but i'll definitely give it consideration. probably what i will have to do. appreciate it anon
I have this subwoofer and Im really short on space in my desktop.
Is it retarded to place it 90’ under the screen?
>>54861741
Its fucking weird, most Potatoniggers I talk to are self aware at how retarded their government is yet they just let that shitshow keep happening
>>54861876
I like the Tony Blair era. He fucks up massively, goes up on stage, gives a speech meant to tug on your heartstrings and then gives the job to a fat old man who doesn't know how to pick a suit. Ireland watches intently and says "Hey, we can do that!". Ahern fucks up massively, gives a speech that is supposed to tug on your heartstrings and then gives the job to a fat old man who has no clue how to dress himself at all. Better yet, whole Brown was incompetent, Cowen was an incompetent alcoholic. Truly, they must be worse than Britain on all fronts.
>>54861799
I have all of my settings on default though. I don't see how resetting my BIOS would solve anything.
>>54862128
>I don't see how resetting my BIOS would solve anything.
That's why I am advising you reset it. Start with a known good default state. Sometimes firmware can be buggy. Have you ever updated your BIOS or is it stock?
How can I best stop myself from being tracked? Also, what's better, TOR, Freenet, I2P, or something else?
so I'm having problems trying to boot the pc. Memory and GPU are not the culprit, I've noticed the PSU fan spins a little when the comp is turned on and then stops after the beeping noises begin, is that a sign of a faulty PSU?
>>54862267
You would have to consult the manual for your motherboard. Find out what error the beeps correspond to.
Without more info it could be many things.
>>54862260
Don't connect to the internet.
>>54862224
It's updated and I have the settings on default. I know it by heart. I can understand where you are coming from but I've checked the BIOS several times.
>>54862294
it's constant long beeps, and the paper manual I still have says continuous long beeps means GPU not inserted properly, however I get the same error with 2 different gpus on either slot, something doesn't add up
>>54862260
Use Tails exclusively.
>>54861150
I've been waiting for a reason to post this.
why 3bar menu button on firefox gone?
Upgrading to Windows 10 is still a bad idea, right? But it's going to have to happen eventually, so why not get it for free? Or can I just download it and not install until a later date?
Just made a new pc with an i5 6500, 16gb ram.
I keep getting massive frame drops in Overwatch while running at only medium @ 1080p using both a 7790 and a 7870 GPU.
Other people with similar specs can pretty much max out the game at 1080p with no frame drops.
>what are some solutions i can try?
I`m going to try updating my motherboards BIOS when i get home from work.
>>54861150
What's CRUD and REST?
When I think of frameworks / libraries, Java JDBC and Hibernate, and Python pyODBC sound like CRUD-y stuff because it lets you connect to databases.
As for rest, I think of python's requests module, which literally lets you perform a GET, HEAD and POST. But it can't be just that, as people always make it out to be so difficult.
>>54862532
>I'm going to die eventually, why not just kill myself now?
I don't know much about computers and I wanted to get into gaming on a pc. Are there any downsides to gaming constantly on the integrated graphics of an i3-6100? Does it "burn" out the cpu more? I will add a graphics card two years down the road if I were to get a pc soon, but I am looking to play games like CSGO, warband, age of empires 2/3, killing floor, and maybe unreal tournament, which I don't think are too demanding.
>>54862671
>Are there any downsides to gaming constantly on the integrated graphics of an i3-6100?
No
>Does it "burn" out the cpu more?
No
How do I make extremely small text font size in latex. I mean like 0.1pt font here. I've already looked around and most methods of customizing font size will make latex shit out that it doesn't want to make text smaller than ~6pt.
>>54862671
they shouldn't be. Unless you're pushing your card to 80+ centigrade then you're good
>>54862532
Microshaft will never make you have to pay for win10. They realized how much more lucrative ads and office is for business than selling their OS
>>54862260
Your child porn downloading is safest if you use tails to download the content, and then save it on an external HDD that never gets connected to any computer but tails and a computer not connected to any network.
freenet is slow as shit. tor is fastest, but relies on expensive nodes that may be more easily compromised than i2p. i2p would be best if there were more than 10 eepsites alive at any given moment
>>54862625
CRUD means Create,Read,Update,Delete. "Business logic" apps tend to fall into that umbrella. Imagine an employee management webapp- you Create employee records when you hire someone, Read the database of employees to generate payroll and demographics reports, you Update records when someone changes their name or gets promoted, and Delete them when they quit. (Very simple example.)
REST is really just a certain way to organise API endpoints. The idea is that your URL structure and HTTP methods should match the meaning of the data.
>PUT /employees
>GET /employees/jane
>DELETE /employees/bob
>>54862671
Use the iGPU as much as you like, it won't break it. And it will be perfectly fine for CSGO.
>unreal tournament
Do you mean the original? The new one is very demanding, it's a UE4 game.
Lenovo TS430 mobo
2x4gb RAM
Hyper212
Is that worth 100€? My main PC is out of SATA slots and I've been thinking of building a FreeNAS with my spare i3 3220.
Okay, I need a backup solution. I have ~2.5TB of data that has either no backup at all or very outdated ones. Cloud isn't happening, my upload speed is awful.
What if I just get a 4TB HDD and a Raspberry Pi, plop Linux on it, use it as a NAS? I think there might be performance issues (USB2 interface, shares with 100mbit ethernet) but would it be sufficient in practice?
>>54862920
Why don't you just get a 4TB HDD and plug it into the same computer? Why do you need a server?
>>54862980
One, I have more than one device to back up.
Two, I want continuous backup without the backup device having to be directly connected to each machine's power supply and without the chance of being wiped by rogue software on a given machine.
Three, I want to use Time Machine and don't want to dedicate a drive or even partition to HFS+. With a network setup, the HFS+ TM backup can be stored in a container inside an EXT4/whatever volume.
why isn't pastebin working? its telling me the sites offline. its the only site not working and it works on my phone, but not a different browser
>>54862358
If you have ruled out the GPUs (i.e. they are known to work without fault in another computer), next thing to try would be swapping the PSU and connecting that to the motherboard that's giving you the issue. If the issue remains I'd settle for dodgy motherboard.
>>54862833
Thanks
Please correct me if I'm wrong with this.
Out of all the currently announced 3rd party GTX 1080 cards the ASUS ROG Strix seem to have the highest factory overclock.
This would mean that running at default the ASUS card would be the single currently best performing 1080 right?
Which one do i go for?
I have my laptop dual booted with ubuntu and windows 7. After I installed ubuntu and tried to load windows i get windows boot managar error.
What I want to do is get rid of ubuntu and fix my windows 7. Everything I've looked up online on how to fix it isn't working and I have no idea what to do.
I have tried reinstalling windows 7, starting with windows 7 disk and trying to repair with bootrec and all that bullshuit but nothing works.
I have also tried using boot-repair that was installed on ubuntu (not disk) and I cant get that shit to work even using it in a live session.
I'm not sure who to ask and I cant google my way out of this. If anyone can help please let me know.
>>54863028
Well in that case I don't see why your proposed solution wouldn't work.
Your only limiting factor would be transfer speed but that's not really a huge problem.
>>54863160
sorry for the awful double spacing holy fuck what did I do i guess i didnt realize
>>54863160
Does your laptop use BIOS or UEFI?
Gotta get a Computer for Final Cut Pro and I know nothing of Apple.
Apparently it'll run on anything, but I need a recommendation.
iMac from 2013 (ME088LL/A) has a 1GB 755M GPU, and a Haswell i5, 8GB ram. Seems Decent Enough?
>>54863214
bios
>>54862532
The Windows 10 upgrade will be paired to your computer hardware, so if you can you could do something like this:
>temporarily unplug all your old hard drives/ssds
>plug in an empty hard drive/ssd
>install your legit or pirated Win7 onto that hard drive
>as soon as its installed upgrade it to Win10
>unplug the hard drive and connect your old hard drives again so you can keep using your current windows installation
The Win10 license is now tied to the computer hardware (don't remember if its the CPU or the motherboard) and you can at any time in the future just install Windows 10 and it will auto-activate since microsoft stores your hardware id on their activation servers.
>>54863140
I guess, but the cooler and power delivery are better indicators of how much you can overclock it.
>>54863230
Considered hackintoshing?
>>54863266
Since it's time consuming and a bit of a hassle to OC I was considering just leaving the card at default to begin with and then it makes sense to get the card with the highest default clocks.
There's plenty of cards that are more expensive than the ASUS like MSI, Gigabyte and EVGA but they don't have as high clocks. My guess is that they might have better cooling and power delivery to justify their prices.
>>54863292
I have to Order them for a College.
Not sure how'd they feel about a Dozen 200 dollar T420's running OSX.
>>54861150
two real question
>1
is D terminal or Component a better video source? I've never gotten a good answer on this. I've heard people say that one or the other is better
>2
if D terminal is best, where can i get a good D terminal switcher? I'd like to plug around 4 consoles into it and output at least one d terminal cable
>>54863214
>>54863246
actually im not sure its a thinkpad t530m if that helps is there anyway of telling
>>54863336
I'm no expert but considering that they both send the same Component signal it's probably more important to get a good quality cable rather than getting specifically Component or D-terminal.
Wanting to build a PC for gaming but I have no idea where to start. I don't even know anything about PCs. Where can I get some prime reading material that's not wiki?
How do I root my phone?
I've got an Xperia M4 Aqua E2303.
I tried Kingo root but it didn't work.
What do?
>>54863431
tom's hardware seems like a pretty good place for all of your question
but ultimately, building a PC is more of a hands-on learning experience
I have a around 1Tb of of data I need to permanently archive. It's irreplaceable and most of it I'll most likely like to keep safe until the day I die so 50 years if I'm lucky.
However I'm not sure how to go about doing this exactly. I know the 3 2 1 backup rule and I've got that but with some of my recorded media that's about 7 years old, when I checked on it two of the hard drives that I had it backed up on failed. Fortunately the third one still worked.
I'm looking for a long term storage media that I know will work 10 to 15 years down the road when I need to retrieve some of this data.
Should I just go the bluray route? They're supposed to last 50 years and I'd be willing to bet that the next couple generations of disc based video will be backwards compatible. (assuming there will be physical media 10 years from now).
Are there better options that don't involved monthly fees like cloud storage and aren't prone to failure like HDD?
What's the real difference between Sata and Molex power for HDD?
Which is better?
Howdy, /g/.
Oddly specific stupid question: a friend just got a $50 Amazon gift card and wants to get an external hard drive that will last for a while. What's the best he can get for fiddy bucks? Keep in mind longevity is his main need.
>>54863379
well, the device I hope to route the video signals through doesn't have component-in and only has d-terminal (it's a japanese device), so I was wondering if I'd be better off buying the D-terminal cables and a switcher to preserve quality, or buying a switcher, the remaining component cables I needed, and a component/d-terminal converter
Best guide for someone who doesn't know anything about programming except how to spell it, to be able to make a basic android app?
4
>>54863510
HDD lasts longer than SSD, so go there
also usually cheaper per amount of memory
>>54863470
Thanks ima take a look but I guess I'm really looking to just get a grasp of all the technological terms and shit I'll need to know
>>54863481
write onto crystals
>>54863562
so is the reason that all I get are jack off's replying to this question mean that there is no real readily available solution to the problem of large volume data archiving??
>>54863481
have you considered tapes?
very very very expensive however.
>>54861150
Are there any benchmarks, comparisons or guides done on direct cpu/gpu die to heatsink thermal differences contrasted to conventional thermal outputs? (delidded cooling)
>>54863625
I have a similar situation to yourself. Honestly, I am almost ready to just commit to Bluray. It's the best option atm, especially with BDXL
>>54863160
someone help :(
>>54863702
What is the exact error you get when you try to start Windows? "BOOTMGR is missing"?
>>54863762
File: /windows/system 32/winload.efi
Status:0xc000000f
Info: the selected entry could not be loaded because the application is missing or corrupt.
>>54863681
I know there are some comparisons of delidded CPUs, GPU delidding isn't very common as far as I know.
>>54863673
I've considered it but I don't have a means of proper storage. I live in washington state and it's wet as fuck and the home I own doesn't have a central climate control. I can' expect about 15 to 30 years of reliable archiving and I run the risk of corruption because tape compresses the data. people expect archiving bluray to last much longer in non climate controlled conditions.
Ok, stupid problem here.
Ultrabook, no ethernetport
Chuck graphics drivers and wi-fi card drivers onto USB stick
Something wrong with the USB ports now on the ultrabook, cant get the wi-fi drivers onto there.
Cant just update stuff because it's no internet due to lack of ethernet port and wi-fi drivers.
What the fuck do?
>>54863819
airtight containers should work fine.
>>54863495
Idk, man. Do what feels right~~
>>54863829
does it have an optical drive?
>>54861240
windows fsutil
linux dd i think?
>>54863873
No, not that either. Only 2 USB ports, SD card drive and some thundershit.
>>54863848
yeah but sizable, daily temperature variations still kills the life expectancy. Tape is for highly controlled environments.
>>54863829
Take the HDD out of it and plug it to another PC.
>>54863903
Full aluminium chassis, can't see a screw here.
>>54863915
usually under the rubber feet.
>>54863915
Use an SD card or something with thundershit
>>54863810
https://neosmart.net/wiki/winload-efi-missing-corrupt/
Go to that page.
Go down to where it says:
Fix winload.efi missing or corrupt in Windows 7
Fix #1: Rebuild the BCD
Follow instructions exactly.
>>54863890
you can probably transfer files between computers on thundershit.
how does my C drive get filled up by 1.2 GB in a matter of hours? i don't fucking get it. soon there will be practically nothing left for me to delete on my C drive
all i did was browse the internet on google chrome, and i closed all the additional tabs except for one
my paging file is on my F drive, i have no paging file on C
this is really pissing me off
>>54863970
Why on earth would i own a thundershit cable, shit i'm really fucked here.
I'll have to download Windows 10 instead and see if that'll work, fucking windows 7 didnt even have the god damn USB proprietary shit drivers stock whatever the fuck, fuck you Gabe Newell for this fucking shit Windows god fucking damnit!!
>>54861150
How do I do code tags here on /g/?
>>54863981
%appdata%
>>54863685
yeah, I think I'm just going to have to do that. I'm not thrilled about buying all that shit as I don't have a BRD writable drive but I think it's my best option. With single layer this is going to get expensive.
>>54863981
Hard drive filler!
http://feross.org/fill-disk/
>>54864034
>I don't have a BRD writable drive but I think it's my best option
Same here. In the future though the prices of the media will come down. I usually make copies of my copies every 2 years. Having substantially less media to copy will alleviate the pain.
If I download an album on .flac, decompress it to .wavs and burn them to a blank cd, is it a 1:1 copy of the retail album?
>>54863930
its not working
Another unrelated question. I'm about to get wifi installed at my new crib through time Warner. I'm thinking we need the 30 megabytes for what we do, but I refuse to pay their modem/router fee. What model modem/router would you suggest?
Whats a good little "next book" or whatever they call it for jobs searching while on a bus or train?
Typing on a tablet is bullshit.
>>54863930
there is nothing on the ssd that i need im down to delete everything if that is an option
>>54864204
They have a list on their website of approved/compatible modems.
>>54864254
Yer I'd just format the SSD completely and reinstall the OS now.
>>54864293
best way to go about formatting? sorry im bad at computers
also i installed ubuntu if i format everything will i get a grub error
>>54864313
>best way to go about formatting? sorry im bad at computers
>also i installed ubuntu if i format everything will i get a grub error
u trolling nigga?
>>54864028
i used windirstat and it turns out that google chrome has 15.4 GB of cached data, all from the last week and a half. lol?!
do you think it's safe to delete the contents of
>AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Cache
i tried deleting "cached images and files" but it didn't delete those files
>>54861168
Because he forgot to put /sqt/ in subject.
ASUS Z97-A or GA-Z97X-SLI?
Anyone has experience with the second?
>>54864204
>crib
>>54864085
Almost. The metadata could be different. This will not affect how it sounds.
Why would you ever want to use a soft link over a symbolic link?
>>54861847
No, I do that with the same exact system and its sounds fine. It does look autistic though...
>>54861847
You should unplug it and place it in the closet until you have a pair of boxes with dedicated woofers and tweeters instead of logishit.
>>54863144
I have had good experiences with the H81M-P33
>>54864453
same shit different names
>In computing, a symbolic link (also symlink or soft link) is the nickname for any file that contains a reference to another file or directory in the form of an absolute or relative path and that affects pathname resolution.
The chances of people dropping Skype/Discord/whatever else is widely used currently and moving to a different IM program are incredibly low, correct?
>>54864313
you will have to start over. Don't do a "full format" do a quick format or just delete all the partitions when you're installing the OS(s)
I'm running out of HDD space
should I just get another 2tb ultrastar or is seagate not shit anymore? I need reliability over anything else
>>54864528
nonsense, I've gotten a good amount of people to use my mumble server, they still use skype on the side though occasionally
>>54861240dd if=/dev/urandom of=~/garbage.txt bs=128k count=8
this should make a 1mb file that is full of random data
not sure about wangblows
>>54864563
Then just get a WD HDD.
>>54864595
they have a rainbow of colors
I've got a red, it's ok but I wouldn't install games on it
>>54864525
It's not the same shit.
Symbolic links will become unlinked if you change the name of the source file, while hard links won't.
I'm trying to figure out why someone would ever want to use a symlink over a hardlink.
>>54864631
first you said soft link now you said hard link
>>54864625
Get a Black one.
Blue one if it seems too expensive for you.
>>54862920
Might get better speeds with a beaglebone or something but you're on the right track, i just know pi has slow network throughput
Where's the sound that plays when you get a (You)?
>>54864564
Alrighty, thanks man. Do you think it would be too daunting of a task to make an IM program if it was your first project? I've heard that learning to program is much easier if you have an idea in mind.
>>54864723
go for it, just remember to make it convert little/big endian to network endian
How do I program in more ram?
Dear /g/,
I need a new GPU for muh gaymes as soon as possible, I am using integrated on my 6700K right now and it is not so good. Is it really worth it to wait for AMD's RX 490, or is a 1070 going to be good enough?
Love, /v/.
>>54864765
malloc
>>54864742
I'll try my best, thanks for the advice.
Do you need a graphics card to build a computer?
>>54864766
What GPU and monitors do you have now? Would it not be better to spend that money on real life stuff instead of being a cringy addict?
>>54864795
Depends on the CPU.
With Intel, usually no.
AMD? unless its a APU yes.
>>54864795
Not if the CPU and motherboard already have graphics built in. You'll want a video card if you have more than one monitor to connect or you intend to run 3D software well, and some of them can accelerate specific applications.
>>54864766
The RX 480's cost/performance should be unprecedented
Depends how desperate you are.
I just found out that I'm too dumb for math.
What are some alternatives to a CS degree that don't require any?
>>54864639
Oh shit my bad. I thought i typed symbolic links and hard links.
>>54864796
6700K integrated graphics, a 144Hz 1080p monitor for gaymen and a 1080p IPS side monitor. I play gaymes and go shootan. I don't steal and I don't hurt people. Let me live my life.
>>54864829
I'm jonesing pretty bad for Overwatch, but if what I've seen so far is true Nvidia is getting smoked this time around, and I don't buy a new GPU terribly often.
>>54864835
You're not to dumb for math, but you'd rather tell yourself you are because helplessness is comfier than culpability. It's just doing a few simple things in specific orders.
IT/sysadmin stuff is the Hufflepuff field for those who convince themselves they can't do math and code. It still involves a little binary arithmetic sometimes. It can pay alright if you're lucky. If you want a degree instead of going the certs + experience route, it's called something like "information and telecommunications technology". Good luck with whatever you do.
>>54864905
If you want a card just to play overtrash then get a budget one, it's not a demanding game.
>>54864905
>144Hz 1080p
1070 isn't going to cut it.
>Install my Wifi card
>"I CAN FINALLY USE THIS THING"
>It requires a disk installation
>I dont have a Disk Drive because I got Memed by some fuck that who needs a disk drive these days
I can feel the blood boiling and running up my heart
>>54863046
Alright, thanks. Isn't a gigabyte 970A-UD3 a good mobo? It's not even 4 years old, my psu is a HX 650, like 2 years of use, and the G1 970 doesn't have a full year of use. Just a bit bummed to see parts fucking up this early, my old PC had some chinkshit Psu that is still working.
>>54864959
I'm having a good time with a 760 and 1080 120Hz. But I mostly play just Kerbal, Spengies, flight sims, and grand strategy.
>>54864917
some people are stupid
>>54864977
download the driver
>>54864977
what vendor doesnt have the drivers online let me guess you fell for the alibaba meme... they probably sent you an old soundblaster ISA slot card sawed in half
>>54865021
Those were pretty fucking good cards for their time.
>>54865010
>>54865021
The TP-Link Archer T9E AC1900
Im not seeing any online drivers at all...
>>54865099
once i need a wi-fi to a shitty netbook, i ended up finding the drivers in a portuguese site that i found in a forum. unlucky, m8.
I got one:
I sometime have hours to kill at work. Been using the work computers to watch videos and browse without a problem, just like the rest of the team. Mostely with incognito mode.
The place i work also has a guest wifi with a login via browser. Is it safe to take my laptop to work and connect to, lets say, a hearthstone server(or any other game server)? Or are these guest wifis usually monitored?
Do you screw the cpu cooler standoffs to the motherboard directly or do you use a rubber washer/stopper of sorts to prevent the screw from touching the front part of the motherboard? The 212x manual doesnt say anything and the rubber included is for additional fans
>>54865099
This thing?
http://www.tp-link.com/lk/download/Archer-T9E.html#Driver
Why the fuck does it take over an hour for Windows 7 to check for updates these days? I'm not seeing any meaningful network activity either.
>>54865136
Motherboards usually have insulation around their holes. Washers would be used for purposes other than electrical insulation.
>>54865139
I like how you answered your own question
>>54865099
Errrrrr ... http://www.tp-link.com/lk/download/Archer-T9E.html#Driver
>>54865156
You should install Windows 10 or Ubuntu 16.04. If you don't need DX12, you probably don't need Windows.
>>54865153
>>54865172
i think you guys got baited, be careful
Literally here with a thumb up my ass.
How are you supposed to fresh install windows via usb if you only have 3.0 ports? Used rufus on my iso and I keep getting told that Windows Install can't find anything despite launching from it.
>>54865177
My computer is like 5 years old, but it still runs the games I like to play just fine, so I don't see much point in changing it.
However, this updater is taking the piss.
>>54865156
happend to me today, it`s buggy as fuck
>>54865177
Because if you don't play one of the 10 games with DX12 support you don't need to use windows for anything.
>>54865194
Do you have a USB 2.0 drive? USB 3.0 is backwards compatible so thats the only thing i can thing of. Maybe there is a setting in your BIOS? If all else fails grab a DVD.
No dvd drive? then try [spoiler]a usb dvd drive[/spoiler]
>>54865205
How long did it take in the end? Mike took like an hour last time I updated, and I've been waiting for it to check for updates for around 40 mins now.
>>54862322
>Asks for help
>Won't take advice
>Wonders why his shit is broken
>>54865156
Happening for me too - the windows update service is also using 100% of a core and its memory usage went up to 1.5 GB
Is broken RAM dude from last night still about or have you given up?
>>54865260
Yeah, same, pretty much, except my memory usage isn't that high. (132mb)
>>54865246
about an hour, then i turned off my computer and went to park. i might try again tomorrow.
>>54865232
Thing is that I have nothing but 3.0
Dear nerds,
I am trying to write a Hibernate program, but I'm having difficulty importing the Hiberate package into my Java program.
I'm on Linux and i did sudo apt-get install libhibernate3-java, so i was expecting it to just take care of everything for me. But when i do
import hibernate.*;
or
import org.hibernate.*;
it doesn't work.
I googled it, and people on stackoverflow say i need to put the hibernate3.jar into the folder and add it as classpath, like javac -cp .... etc
But I don't have that jar? Also i tried to download hibernate from the website and the zip just contained some jars but none of them are called that, and i think they're for java8 but i think i still have 7. Either way, I'm just confused about how to get it to work.
(The error is the standard "error: package org.hibernate does not exist")
Sincerely,
Anon
I don't really care about video games, but one thing that's always confused me is that the ingame cinematic movie's graphics are typically far better than the gameplay's graphics. Why is this?
>>54865330
They're pre-rendered.
>>54865330
>>54865340
And the primary reason they exist is so the publisher can use them in trailers without technically lying.
>>54865010
>some people are stupid
this
will those brand new huge microsd cards, like the 200gb one work with relatively old phone models, like a galaxy s3?
>>54865330
>>54865340
>>54865353
Nowadays it hardly even matters. But in the 90s you had games (like Final Fantasy) with drop-dead gorgeous trailers, but then the actual gameplay was so pixely you couldn't even make out a character's face.
>>54865330
Often prerendered, but if they're not the scenes don't have as many objects to render so you can have better quality
>>54865420
>>54865390
>>54865353
>>54865340
Thanks guys.
>>54865156
Fuck yes, finally done. Only took around 55 mins. What a piece of shit.
>>54865445
>only took around 55 mins
>>54865232
No CD to put in usb drive. Plus that would be in a 3.0 slot too. So what the fuck do I do?
>>54865420
also there's no game logic just animations
If my case came with a standoff screw different that the rest should i be worried?
>>54864494
sorry i wasted all my money on a metal gear rex and expensive headphones and now im all outta space
for /r %x in (*.opus) do ren "%x" *.ogg
I stumbled upon this batch script which mass-renames the extensions of files in a folder including files in sub-folders.
Can someone explain to me exactly how it works? I don't know the batch "language".
I was cleaning an old hard drive contacts with q tips and isopropyl alcohol when I squezzed the tip too hard and the alcohol flew to my eye, will I be fine?
>>54865484
the problem isnt usb 3.0 its the cheap rushed job dell did for xps 13 to get thunderbolt 2 + pcie ssd + usb3.0
let me save you a fucking huge hassle: return it. call dell to get your money back. call again because they didnt return your money still. then buy a lenovo carbon x1 with windows 7 installed
>>54861847
put it on the floor you dingus
Is there any way I can edit a website's content on an iPhone browser (Safari/Firefox/Chrome/Any other browser) similar to the usual Right Click > Inspect Element way?
Or if that can't be done, is there a way I can save an HTML file and open it up in an iPhone browser, with all the proper images/formatting?
>>54865573
and clean your freaking desk
>>54865558
flush immediately with large quantities of water for 15 minutes
>>54865558
You're already dead, your conciousness just hasn't caught up yet.
>>54865572
B-but I built this myself.
>>54864462
I bet it looks like shit, but right now I have 2 boxes under my screen so I could place the subwoofer under the side of the screen.
Is there any chance that someone will crack the privacy invasion shit out of windows 10, or is it like hardwired
>>54865648
It's a closed source OS so unless someone pays good money for a crack team of highly skilled reverse engineers to get to work, no.
I'm a poor idiot, please rip (or suggest shit) my want-to-build build for >gaming
http://pcpartpicker.com/list/Y2JQzM
>>54865728
Get an SSD
>>54865728
Get a EVGA 500B PSU or a 650 GS or G1.
WD Blue.
850 EVO.
>>54865728
Survive on integrated graphics for a month until the 480 comes out
>>54865784
>>54865804
>>54865831
Thanks so much guys
Is the paper clip test safe for my PSU? or can it cause damage?
>>54866010
There shouldn't be any risk if you stick it in the right holes.
>>54866031
I put it in the green/black as recommended, didn't do much, maybe the fan turned a bit
How do you end/turn off a screwdriver test when testing your components outside your case?
What's a good guide for networking basics starting from the very basics?
>>54866075
You can try plugging in a hard drive. The paperclip trick is good for temporarily powering a bunch of hard drives with a second PSU when a computer runs out of connectors.
>>54866108
Touch again.
>>54866112
Find a Comptia Network+ study guide? The one by Mike Meyers is pretty good, but they may have stopped distributing it by ebook due to unauthorized copying.
>>54866123
Is a magnetic screwdriver okay for this test?
>>54866120
Just tested it again with the clip, the psus fan barely does a rotation and then stops, that means the psu is done for, right? At least it's still under warranty
>>54866190
If its conductive it should be fine
>>54866192
I think that means it doesn't need to cool itself because it's not doing anything. Try giving it some load. A hard drive or cd drive will work. Or even an LED on the 3V.
>>54866227
I mean, an LED may not make its fan spin, but the LED will glow, and that means it's working. But a hard drive is easier. Just plug it in next to any PC you have and connect one of the drives.
>>54866227
HDD seems to be spinning alright, psu still stops spinnng its fan, taking a little longer yo stop.
Do hard drives contain speakers or buzzers?
So i have a problem.
Apparently my PSU CPU power cable is not long enough to go behind my case and reach the motherboard.
In order to do it i would have to flip it so the cables are more close to the hole to take the cables behind my case.
What could happen if i flip my PSU?
Or should i just leave the CPU over the motherboard instead behind the case?
>>54866406
Unless your computer is on carpet, you're supposed to have the PSU intake facing down anyway. Stops it from competing with the video card for air.
When I press power button my pc starts for like 0,5 second while making a scratching noise, then turns off and after like 2-3 seconds turns itself on again and repeats what I already said, what the fuck?
>>54866449
Is there something wrong if i have it facing upwards?
>>54866449
>>54866406
Depends on the case, if its flush with the case then you shouldn't
If you're really OCD about the cable you could get an extender
>>54861250
Ashes is a CPU limited game, therefore the GPU isn't fully used if it's powerful enough
So I just got a T420, first laptop I've ever owned. I checked the temps in speccy and they're jumping between 65 to 80c like madcunts with nothing running in the background. The fan is running, but it's barely audible.
How normal is this? how proceed?
>>54866361
Well mine does a beep like sound, it´s not a clicking and it doesnt affect performance, it only does it after heavy activity like copying a 100gb file and only when its idle. What could it be? smart says all is fine and ive done a couple of full zeroing and smart long self tests. It´s not important cause I use to move stuff like movies and so that I dont really care to lose.
>>54866476
>if its flush with the case then you shouldn't
ESL, sorry i didn't understand what did you mean with flush.
But my case does have holes and also a filter for the PSU, i just put it this way.
How do I downclock an Android phone's processor? My G Flex 2 gets really hot when I play most file types through VLC.
All the Google results seem to be just shilling for the app that payed for the article.
>>54866470
No, but it's better off down.
>>54866595
So time to flip it i guess.
Thanks.
>>54866605
Make sure your case actually has a grille at the bottom though.
>>54866567
Custom kernel, you´ll need root and other things. Undervolting can help too. XDA is the place for this but beware of poos in loos, only use stuff from recognized devs.
>>54866625
>>54866567
Good luck finding any decent kernel for G Flex 2. That's one of the less popular phones.
>>54866622
It does.
Is there a way to get around video sites that block adblock? I'd be okay disabling if they didn't use 100x pop unders.
is it normal for a GB mobo to last ~4 years? I have never overclocked anything on it, feeling a bit ripped off 2bh pham
